How to revoke a power of attorney in Arizona

What Arizona law says about revoking a power of attorney, and a free letter you can fill in and print.

Checked against official sources: October 31, 2026.

Short answer

Revoke it in writing. The Maricopa County Superior Court's revocation form is signed in front of a notary and a witness, like the power of attorney itself.

If it was recorded
If the power of attorney was recorded for real estate, record the revocation too (with the county recorder).

Words used in Arizona

In Arizona you name an agent for money and property in a financial power of attorney, and an agent for medical decisions in a separate health care power of attorney. A living will gives treatment instructions, and a mental health care power of attorney covers mental health treatment. If an adult cannot manage, the superior court can appoint a guardian for personal decisions and a conservator for money.

An agent (also called an attorney-in-fact) is the person you choose to act for you. You are the principal.

Money and property
Durable power of attorney (financial power of attorney)
The person you choose
Agent (also called attorney-in-fact)
Health care
Health care power of attorney; mental health care power of attorney (health care directives)
Treatment wishes
Living will
Court-appointed decision-maker
Guardian (personal decisions, general or limited) and conservator (property and money)

What Arizona law says about revoking a power of attorney

How to revoke

Revoke it in writing. The Maricopa County Superior Court's revocation form is signed in front of a notary and a witness, like the power of attorney itself.

Telling others

The Maricopa County Superior Court instructions say to give a copy of the revocation to your agent and to every bank or business that may rely on the power of attorney. An agent or person who acts in good faith without actual knowledge that the power ended is protected; an agent's affidavit that they did not know of a revocation creates a presumption it was still in effect.

If it was recorded

If the power of attorney was recorded for real estate, record the revocation too (with the county recorder).

Law: A.R.S. §§ 14-5504, 14-5505, 14-5506(C); Maricopa County Superior Court, Revocation of Power of Attorney instructions (GNPOAREV11i)

Source: Official text

Free letter: revoke a power of attorney

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When it ends and how to revoke it

It ends when
  • You die (an agent or business acting in good faith without knowing of your death is protected)
  • You revoke it
  • The time the document sets for it to end
  • You become incapacitated, if it is not durable
  • A conservator revokes it (a conservator has the same power to revoke you would have)
Banks and other businesses

Arizona has no statute requiring a business to accept a power of attorney or penalizing a refusal. A person who in good faith deals with an agent is protected as if the agent properly used the power, even if the authority had ended.

Law: A.R.S. 14-5506(C)

Law: A.R.S. §§ 14-5501, 14-5503, 14-5504, 14-5505

Good to know in Arizona

  • A financial power of attorney needs both a notary and one witness; the witness cannot be the agent, the agent's spouse or children, or the notary.

    Law: A.R.S. 14-5501(D)

  • A health care power of attorney needs only a notary or one adult witness, not both.

    Law: A.R.S. 36-3221

  • Arizona's health care directive registry is free and run for the Department of Health Services, not the Secretary of State (A.R.S. 36-3291; AzHDR registration agreement).
  • The Prehospital Medical Care Directive (DNR) must be printed on an orange background to be valid.

    Law: A.R.S. 36-3251

    Source: Attorney General Life Care Planning page

Changes in 2024–2026

Laws 2023, ch. 195, effective October 30, 2023, created supported decision-making agreements and changed guardianship and conservatorship procedures. Superior court filing fees changed effective December 28, 2024 (Arizona Supreme Court AO 2024-210). The Attorney General updated its Life Care Planning forms in 2026 (health care power of attorney updated 08/2026).

Law: SB 1291; A.R.S. 14-5721, 14-5722

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